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[email protected] INQUIRY INTO THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF DISADVANTAGE AND INEQUITY IN RURAL AND REGIONAL VICTORIA SUBMISSION: Anna Dominguez Smith, 760 Telegraph Road, Seymour, Victoria, 3660. Ph: +61357922893, Mob: +61438922893, Fax: +61357921236 Submission: Dear Mr Chairman, Damian Drum and Members of the Committee, This submission intends to convey the message that preventative measures are far superior for community development, than crisis management. I wish to refer you to my previous submission accepted on the 12th April 2006, when the previous Committee met at the Court Room CEACA, Cnr Webster and Downey Streets Alexandra. [See email Attachment I] In it, I responded to three terms of reference. 1. Identifying and examining the factors that influence young people in deciding to remain in or leave the rural communities in which they reside; 2. Identifying and examining the factors that influence young people in deciding whether or not to return to the rural communities in which they have previously resided following the completion of study, travel or other fixed or short term activities in other places, and 3. Developing strategies and recommendations on steps that might be taken to increase the number of young people who decide to remain in or return to rural towns and communities. Along with many other submissions, a Final Report of the RURAL AND REGIONAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, Final Report, Inquiry into Retaining Young People in Rural Towns and Communities, September 2006, By Authority Government Printer for the State of Victoria, Number 234, Session 2003-06, was issued on the 3rd October 2006.